[Malta] Gender Identity Bill red flags
A Church position paper on the Gender Identity Bill awaiting to be debated in Parliament has raised serious concerns on the potential impact of the proposed law. The seven moral experts who drew up the paper have concluded that the Bill ran the risk of being an act of injustice instead of its declared intention of conferring dignity and equality.

[Malaysia] Ongoing fight for trans rights in Malaysia
Transgender people in Malaysia may soon have fewer legal barriers to expressing their gender freely, thanks to a recent ruling in a state appeals court. The Malaysia Court of Appeal in the city of Putrajaya ruled last month that three trans women were not bound by legal prohibitions on “impersonating” someone of the opposite gender.

[Malaysia] Malaysian court rules transgender people 'mentally ill'
There's some good news for transgender Muslim women in Malaysia. An influential court ruling says cops can't persecute them under religious law just for wearing dresses and lipstick.
Keeping the police away, however, may require a demeaning concession: getting certified as mentally ill.

[USA] U.S. Women’s Colleges: Trans Men Welcome, Trans Women Not
In 2013, graduating high school senior and transgender woman Calliope Wong applied for admission to the all-women’s Smith College. Being female, Wong assumed her gender identity would not preclude her acceptance there, particularly given statements on the school’s website such as, “Smith has a diverse and dynamic student body that includes individuals who identify as transgender.”

[CA, USA] Homeless person dies in Castro
People in San Francisco's Castro neighborhood are remembering a homeless person who died recently outside a Peet's coffee shop as a troubled person who had frequently declined help.

[CA, USA] End of rental subsidy may mean homelessness for trans vet
The end of a rental subsidy might result in homelessness for a senior transgender military veteran.
Hollie Beck, an artist and veteran, is facing the possible loss of her Richmond district apartment. Beck said that she's lived in her apartment near the Balboa Theatre for over 20 years, but the death of her 86-year-old spouse has made it impossible for her to keep up with her unit's $1,600 monthly rent. Beck receives $720 per month in Social Security.

[MA, USA] Court: No taxpayer-funded sex-change surgery for inmate
A federal appeals court has told a prison inmate he can't have gender-reassignment surgery at taxpayer expense.
Robert Kosilek, 65, is serving a life term for killing his wife more than two decades ago. He had been using the courts to force the state to provide sex-change surgery because he wants to live as a woman. Andrew Beckwith, an attorney who heads Massachusetts Family Institute, tells OneNewsNow that Kosilek is a very troubled man.Boston Appeals Court Sets Back Trans Prison Rights

[NC, USA] N.C. Democrats to revisit transgender-inclusive provision
The North Carolina Democratic Party has yet to implement transgender-inclusive changes to its party’s governing document, but will take a final vote on the measure in February, one year after the changes were first proposed.

[OR, USA] Molested transgender teen tells abuser: 'You were ... my best friend and now you are my nightmare'
The transgender teenager -- who was born a girl but identifies as a boy -- had looked up to the 38-year-old man for years and thought of him as his best friend.
But in December 2013, the man took a disturbing interest in the teen. He gave the boy alcohol, got him drunk, then sexually abused him. The abuse went on for three months until the teen found the courage to confide in another adult.